Mewis, William Albert, Lance Corporal, 1109, 1st/5th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Born: Stapham, Bedfordshire
Enlisted: Belper, Derbyshire
Disembarked for service 1st March 1915
Died of wounds 3rd August 1915
Aged 23
Son of Arthur & Clara Jane Mewis, of Queen Street, Belper, Derby
Buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium, Grave Reference: I D 4
Service Records
Enlisted on 15th November 1909, employed as a potter, died of a gun-shot wound to right thigh and foot
1911 Census
Born Clapham, Bedfordshire
A railway platelayer
Son of Arthur, a railway timberman, and Clara Jane Mewis, of Queen Street, Belper, Derbyshire

Belper
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Belper, St Peter's Church
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